Institut für Personal und Arbeit

Gastvortrag Dr. Hartmut Seifert (eh Leiter des Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliches Institut (WSI) der Hans-Böckler-Stiftung) & Dr. Martina Maas, Helmut-Schmidt-Universität
2026-01-27 14:00 - 15:30 (Europe/Berlin) | HSU / Geb.H1 / SR 301
Vortragstitel: Herausforderungen der Arbeitszeiterfassung

Gastvortrag Dr. Nils Backhaus - Bundesanstalt für Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin
2026-02-03 14:00 - 15:30 | HSU / Geb.H1 / SR 301
Vortragstitel: : Arbeitszeitgesetz und Gesundheitsschutz im Kontext von Flexibilisierung – arbeitswissenschaftliche Perspektiven

Gastvortrag Dr. Rüdiger Linck - Esche Schümann Commichau Hamburg
2026-02-10 14:00 - 15:30 | HSU / Geb.H1 / SR 301
Vortragstitel: Arbeitszeitrecht und Überstundenprozess

Doktorandenkolloquium 1/26
2026-02-26 10:00 - 16:30
Wenzel Matiaske (HSU/IPA), Susanne Royer (EUF/SIM)
26. Februar 2026
Helmut-Schmidt-Universität
Geb. H1 / Ebene 1 / Raum 1503

Gastvortrag Prof. Dr. Felipe Temming
2026-03-17 14:00 - 15:30 | HSU / Geb.H1 / SR 301
Vortragstitel: Flexibilisierungspotential im Arbeitszeitrecht?

Seminar Organisational Theory: Resilient Organisation and Organisation of Resilience am IUC Dubrovnik
2026-05-18 - 2026-05-22 | IUC Dubrovnik
Course directors :
Wenzel Matiaske , Helmut-Schmidt University, Germany
Simon Jebsen , University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Florian Schramm , University of Hamburg, Germany
Carsten Schröder , FU Berlin, Germany
Course description:
Call for Papers
In view of the polycrisis in the economy, society and the environment, resilience is the new magic word, and not only in organisational sciences. However, this is by no means new territory for organisational theory. Instead, the problem of adaptation and contingency in the (organisational) environment has been one of, if not the central issue in organisational theory for more than half a century. Flat hierarchies, decentralisation and the organisation of networks and value c hains are just as much part of old and new research catalogues as strategic planning, the creation of redundancy and the management of innovation. Finally, Karl Weick’s groundbreaking work on high-security organisations, which brought the management of the unexpected to the forefront of attention, should also be mentioned.
Conceptually, organisational theory is therefore not unprepared. However, it is necessary to examine which of the concepts are still viable, what further and new developments the theory has to offer, and which gaps need to be closed. In the context of permacrisis conditions – climate stress, geopolitical instability, demographic shifts, technological disruption, and legitimacy crises – it becomes essential to ask how organisations and social systems adapt, transform, and sometimes fail.
Above all, however, there is also the empirical question of the extent to which organisations could not only be resilient in theory, but also (are able to) manage risks, uncertainty and the unexpected in practice. We particularly invite work that interrogates the tensions between resilience discourse and resilience reality, including performative uses of resilience, its managerialisation, and potential unintended consequences. In this context, it will be necessary to take into account, both
theoretically and empirically, that functional failure in societies under stress not only endangers organisations, but also social (sub)systems and calls into question the legitimacy of organisational society as a whole.
Against this background, we want to present and discuss topics such as
• Social and organisational resilience
• Resilience of value chains and networks
• Managing the unexpected
• Security and precaution
• Disaster control
• Cyber security
• Resilience and social inequality
• Digital infrastructures, AI-driven vulnerabilities, and systemic risk
• Institutional trust, legitimacy, and the politics of resilience
• Resilience narratives, framing, and sensemaking
The list of keywords is by no means exhaustive; it serves as an invitation for theoretical, conceptual, and empirical contributions across sociology, management studies, public administration, economics, psychology and related disciplines.
Deadline
Contributors to the seminar at the IUC Dubrovnik submit an extended abstract (1,000 – 1,500words) by 15 February 2026 electronically via email to Rebekka Hensen (rebekka.hensen@hsuhh.de). Feedback will be provided by 28 February 2026. Subsequently, the peer-reviewed full papers are planned for publication in a special issue of Management Revue (IF: 1.7, CS: 1.0). Further information will be provided in the seminar.
We look forward to receiving your contribution and welcoming you to the seminar, even if it is(only) as a discussant.

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Gastvortrag Dr. Martin Pohl (IGBCE)
2026-06-08 14:00 - 15:30 | Online (MS-Teams)
Vortragstitel: Personalmanagement in Japan – kulturelle Besonderheiten und Strukturmerkmale

Gastvortrag Giorgia Chimara Varzoni (University of São Paulo)
2026-06-09 09:45 - 11:15 | Online (MS-Teams)
Vortragstitel: Labor relations, Strategic HRM and Remote work: a comparative study between Brazil, Germany and United States of America

9th International Research Symposium (Helmut-Schmidt-Universität)
2026-06-24 - 2026-06-25
»Networks in changing business ecosystems«
SYMPOSIUM THEME
Understanding how firms and other stakeholders cooperate and exploit networked resources is the
core agenda of this research symposium. Increasingly, owning resources appears to be less
relevant to contemporary organisations than having access to resourceful networks.
Businesses need to consider the interplay between local activities in regional clusters and those embedded in global value chains in turbulent times. Their various value creation activities may follow
different organisational principles – exchange modes vary between market, hierarchy and cooperative governance forms. The notion of cultivating and accessing resourceful networks thus is significant. Business activities extend beyond the focal firm and into a dynamic relational space which connects stakeholders, other firms and industry participants in changing ecosystems.
The organisers of the research symposium have the aim to bring together researchers from diverse
backgrounds to share knowledge and insights into the topic of networks in changing business
environments. Building on this interdisciplinary exchange we seek to establish a broad cooperative
research agenda about the contemporary role of businesses in an increasingly networked world.
INVITATION TO ATTEND
The symposium is primarily held in-person in Hamburg (Germany). However, we also offer the
possibility to join online. Hence, the symposium will be in a hybrid-mode.
INVITED TOPICS
We are interested in developing knowledge about the role of relational resources in a networked
environment within changing business ecosystems.
We invite papers from a wide range of multidisciplinary and cross-sectoral approaches in the following topic areas:
Ecosystems and transformation
– Ecosystems in regenerative economies
– Sustainability-oriented strategies
– Stakeholder engagement in ecosystems
– Challenge-led innovation
– Regional resources/locational advantage
– Resilience in ecosystems, networks & value chains
– Entrepreneurship in regional networks
ORGANISATIONAL MATTERS
The symposium will be a combination of keynote
speeches, paper presentations and highly
interactive sessions. We strive for an informal set-up
and a lot of interaction. There is no fee for
participation but it is expected participants pay for
their transport, accommodation and meals during
the conference.
ORGANISING TEAM
Prof. Wenzel Matiaske, HSU, Germany
A/Prof. Susanne Gretzinger, SDU, Denmark
Prof. Susanne Royer, EUF, Germany
Prof. Kerry Brown, Edith Cowan Uni, Australia
Prof. John Burgess, Torrens University, Australia
Dr. Nils Grashof, FSU Jena, Germany
Dr. Sidsel Grimstad, Griffith University, Australia
A/Prof. Mads Bruun Ingstrup, SDU, Denmark

AKempor 2026
2026-11-26 - 2026-11-27
Hier finden Sie den cfp.
